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Senate Bill S6522

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the posting of sample ballots on a board of elections website

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2015-S6522 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A600
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2017-2018: S4113, A267
2019-2020: S1590, A163

2015-S6522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the posting of sample ballots on the board of elections website as soon as it is available.

2015-S6522 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6522

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  posting
  of sample ballots on a board of elections website

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
papers representing the major political parties. THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS
SHALL  POST  A COPY OF THE SAMPLE BALLOT ON ITS WEBSITE AS SOON AS IT IS
AVAILABLE. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to  each  school  in
the  county, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory
education, and in the city of New York to each such school in  the  city
of  New York, at least one week before each general election for posting
at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall  also
send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04075-01-5

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